美国服装和纺织企业寻求在越南的投资机会

US garment and textile firms seek their own investment opportunities in VN

The Southeast Asian country’s garment-textile and footwear exports to the US are likely to increase in the coming time, even without TPP, according to Nate Herman, Senior Vice President of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Supply Chain as the US garment-textile and footwear businesses are seeking their own investment opportunities in Vietnam after the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) earlier this year.

In late October, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham Vietnam) held a series of activities in Ho Chi Minh City, including an international workshop on product safety and compliance issues.

In the first eight months of 2017, Vietnam exported over 30.16 billion USD worth of goods to the US, making up 1.99 percent of the US’s total import turnover.

However, during the eight-month period, Vietnam paid over 2.2 billion USD in taxes, ranking second out of the 15 countries paying the highest import taxes to the US.

Nate Herman said that Vietnam continued to surpass rivals in export growth to the US in spite of receiving no benefits from any trade preferential programmes or free trade agreements.

The US’s imports of Vietnam’s garment-textile and footwear grew by 8.74 percent and 11.83 percent respectively over the past 12 months and Vietnam was the second biggest exporter to the market, after China.

He further said that the US retailers and consumers recognized Vietnam’s strengths of quality, prices and delivery commitments, this is the reason why the AAFA and US businesses want to arrive in Vietnam.

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美国服装和纺织企业寻求在越南的投资机会

在未来的时间，即使没有TPP，东南亚国家对美国的纺织品服装和鞋类出口可能也会增加，根据美国服装和鞋类协会供应链高级副总裁内特·赫尔曼所说，因为今年年初，美国退出《跨太平洋战略经济伙伴关系协定》(TPP)后，美国的纺织品服装和鞋类企业正在越南寻求自己的投资机会。

10月底，美国服装与鞋类协会(AAFA)和越南美国商会在胡志明市举办了一系列活动，包括产品安全和合规问题的国际研讨会。

在2017年的前8个月，越南向美国出口超过301.6亿美元的商品，占美国进口总额的1.99%。

然而，在8个月期间，越南支付了超过22亿美元的税收，在向美国支付最高进口税的15个国家中排名第二。

内特·赫尔曼表示，尽管越南没有从任何贸易优惠计划或自由贸易协定中获得任何好处，但越南在出口增长方面仍继续超过竞争对手。

在过去12个月里，美国对越南服装纺织品和鞋类的进口分别增长了8.74%和11.83%，越南是仅次于中国的第二大出口市场。

他还说，美国零售商和消费者承认越南的质量、价格和交货承诺的优势，这就是AAFA和美国企业想要到越南的原因。